As much as I would like to wait for the first set of winners to send me their details, I need to stick to the the rules I established. There were some who asked me, actually, why don't I just contact the winners instead of me waiting for them to contact me. My reply was simple, I want to see if they would check back my blog still after joining the giveaway and I want to make sure they really exist. I hope you understand. :(

Anyway, the 2-day rule has passed so new winners have been drawn! Still the same, the first name gets the L'Oreal lipsticks, the second gets the Maybelline kit and the third gets the skincare loot. And without further adieu, the new winners are:

Congratulations, ladies! Please send a message with your name and shipping details to jes@jesroque.com within 48 hours. :)

Tata! See you on my next posts!

Love,

♥ Jes ♥

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Thank you! I cannot find the right word to describe the feeling I felt when I was going through the comments. The past 30 years of my life have been challenging yet exciting. I am more than blessed, definitely! Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart! Let make this as a tradition, shall we? Another giveaway, maybe?

Anyway, here are the winners of my Thankful at 30 Birthday Giveaway! I went through all the entries, thus, the delay which I hope you don't mind. For transparency, I recorded the drawing of winners. :) The first name that was drawn gets the complete set of the L'Oreal Matte Reds, the second gets the Maybelline loot and the third one gets the skincare pack.

Without further adieu, here are the winners:

Congratulations, girls! Please send me an email to jes@jesroque.com with your complete name and shipping details! Failure to send an email within 48 hours will mean drawing of new winner/s.

Thank you for your entries! Fret not, ladies, I will have a whole lot more giveaways in the future. :)

I want to meet all of you! Will a Meet & Greet work? :)

Love,

♥ Jes ♥

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Just a couple of weeks ago, my brows, the way I do it and the way it look, garnered a fair share of hates in a site. It wasn't directly coursed to me but I read comments like, "Halika dito 'te. Kikilayan kita!" ("Come. I'll do your brows!"),"Ugly brows." and tons of negative ones. I know, I cannot please everybody. The way I do my brows may not be the similar to how you do yours. The way it looks may not be the same way how you want your brows to look like. Though it is pretty clear for me that everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, I still got hurt. For someone who was easily condemned because of something she loves and loves to do, it was painful. But at the end of the day, I realized that these comments should not rock my boat. If they do not like it, why should I care? I like it, I love it and that is what matters. Right? RIGHT!

Anyway, since we are already about brows, let us talk about a brow palette that made it to my book. You know how much I love my brow staples and I tell you, it is hard to kick one out of that status. The Maybelline Fashion Brow 3d Brow and Nose Contouring Palette, luckily got in to that level and let me share with you the reasons why.

When you'll based your judgment on how a product looks, then Maybelline Fashion Brow 3d Brow and Nose Contouring Palette is nothing but usual. It is housed in a sturdy, black palette with 3 products in different shades and a dual-ended brush that serves as an applicator. Sad, it doesn't come with a mirror.

Though it looks ordinary, the quality of the products makes it standout. The darkest shade in the palette has a creamy texture almost similar to a brow pencil. It glides on smoothly on the skin making it easier to create a crisp shape for the brows. The powders, on the other hand, give off decent pigmentation that are easy to blend and stays intact despite humidity.

The Maybelline Fashion Brow 3d Brow and Nose Contouring Palette is available in different color palettes. I have the Dark Brown one which gives me the colors which I deem perfect for my preferred brow definition and nose contour.

For a natural look, which I rarely do, I would skip the use of the darkest shade and just proceed with the middle color to define my brows. But since I am in for heavily-drawn brows, I shape my brows with the darkest shade and fill in with the middle shade. I use the lightest shade to create shadows on the sides of my nose for a light contour.

For Php299.00, the Maybelline Fashion Brow 3d Brow and Nose Contouring Palette works pretty good! Aside from brow definition and nose contour, you can also use this palette as an eyeshadow. Lately, this has been my current favorite pack-light kind of palette as I am able to do 3 parts of my face with just it.

Oh... I am sorry I am not sorry for my brows! :)

Love,

♥ Jes ♥

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When it comes to blushes, I am not that picky. Well, I want the color to be nice and to suit my skin but I am not the type who will spend thousands for a blush. Honestly, it is the makeup product that I usually spend the least on. Well, I get decent quality and pigmentation from those I get at Php150 per pot in the stores and the staying power is okay so can you blame me? But recently, an elite blush joined my stash and turned my world upside down!

The Maquillage Dramatic Mood Veil is the most expensive blush in my kit as of date. It costs about Php2,200 with the case and the brush while its refill is priced at around Php1,700. Quite steep for a blush but this beauty is more than the usual. Let me give you 5 reasons why I don't mind the price of the queen of all (my) blushes.

1. It is housed in an elegant-looking packaging.

The packaging of Maquillage Dramatic Mood Veil veered away from the conventional. It comes in a classy, crystal-like mosaic compact that is so beautiful that you may want to put in up for display. The material was made of hard plastic that can resist minor dents and chips.

2. It comes with a unique but functional applicator.

Sorry, I don't have an actual photo and I hope my words will suffice. The dual-ended applicator has a brush one end and a sponge on the other. Just like the usual, the brush is use to pick up and apply a product onto the skin. What sets it aside is the texture of the bristles. It is firm enough to pick the right amount of product but soft enough for you not stop swirling in onto your face.

The dome-shaped sponge is a unique feature. This sponge allows application of the blush by tapping. The same tapping motion can be done to achieve a gradient finish. In my case, I like using it to apply the highlighter because it applies the product right on the spot where I want it to be.

3. It has 5 colors and 5 textures in one pan.

Yes, 5 colors in 5 different textures. I have the shade PK200 which has 5 shades of blushes and highlighters under the pink to peach hue. The texture of each color varies from matte to shimmery. Each color can be used alone or be mixed with 1 or more colors in the pan to get a unique blush shade.

Why 5 shades, you ask? Here's an answer from Maquillage:

Personally, I like the effect of how the mixture of all 5 shades look on my skin with an added touch of #5 on the points I want to highlight. Here's a suggested way on how to use the colors on the face:

4. It gives a beautiful, natural-looking glow.

I used to stay away from shimmers on blushes because they tend to look patchy and uneven on my dry skin but for some reasons, the shimmers in this palette compliments my skin very well! The color blends effortlessly into the skin making it look naturally blushing and glowing.

For the lack of adjective, allow me to use creamy to describe a powder product. The product feels silky-smooth on the skin that you will forget that it is actually powder. 5. It makes me feel beautiful.

I don't know how it does it but every time I use this blush, I get compliments on how radiant and beautiful my face looks. Seriously, I can skip my usual everyday makeup routine and stick to the natural flush this product gives me. I look younger din diba? :)

Have I justified its price? I don't know why and how the frugal me got sold, but I think I will blindly repurchase the Maquillage Dramatic Mood Veil once I am out of it. It is just so beautiful that I won't mind spending thousands for it. Well, given the amount of product it has, I am pretty sure it would last me a long time!

How about you? Will you spend for a blush? Let me know your thoughts!
Love,

♥ Jes ♥

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Dry skin? Chapped lips? Burns? Rashes? Those are just some of the skin problems brought to us by the tropical weather. I, myself, is battling with dry skin on normal days and the intense heat of summer we are experiencing makes everything worst. Despite slathering a good amount of lotion, our skin still ends up feeling dry and dehydrated at the end of the day. All thanks to heat, humidity and pollution that we are all facing.

I am pretty sure you are familiar with Petroleum Jelly, a wonder product that can heal burns, rashes, chapped skin, cuts, bruises, and a whole lot more. I am a fan of this product that it has been a staple in my household. To prove the healing powder of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly, a live billboard was mounted along C5 last April 8-10 wherein real leaves were used with half of them covered with Vaseline Jelly while the other had none. The difference was obviously visible. To see how the live billboard worked, check out bit.ly/vaselineleafbillboard.

I have witnessed the same effect though a mini-experiment. These leaves were kept in an air-tight frame for more than 5 days now. Notice how the leaves with Vaseline remained moisturized? The same moisture can be brought to your skin by Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.

Though it is fact that petroleum jellies can help us battle with skin dryness and dehydration, we cannot apply it all over our body for it'll feel thick and icky on the skin. This was addressed by Vaseline. Micro-droplets of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly are infused into the NEW Vaseline Body Lotions to bring us the moisture brought by petroleum jellies without the heavy feel.

The micro-droplets of Vaseline Jelly in the New Vaseline Lotions works deep within the epidermis to bring back lost moisture and heal dry skin. I took a Dry Skin Test on http://www.vaseline.ph/skin-index-test to know what variant will work best on me and this was the result I got:

True enough, my skin is dry due to prolonged exposure to heat and stay in air-conditioned room. To see how the healing power of Vaseline works, I applied Vaseline Intensive Care Deep Restore Lotion all over my body and did my usual day activities.

Upon application, the skin feels smooth and moisturized. It smells amazing, too!

The New Vaseline Lotions bring hydration and moisture that last the whole day. The works of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly is noticeable without the heavy and icky feel.

I am now armed with a body lotion that will sure protect my skin from dryness and dehydration. Indeed, let us #HealWithVaseline! This could have been even more perfect with SPF, right? :)

♥ Jes ♥

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Jes Roque

Educator ǀ Beauty Blogger ǀ Filipina

An educator by profession and a beauty enthusiast by choice, Jes shares her thoughts on beauty and all the love in between through MakeUpLove. Hop in and get a dose of reviews, tutorials, features, expressions, and love.

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